|
|
 BHW Resident Surgeon
Posts: 25352
  
Location: Bastrop, Texas | MoGal, yes prilosec and drugs like it can decrease Vit D absorbtion, as well as calcuim absorbtion.
Ctrygal, I have heard that Vit D deficiency is linked to hair loss, but I don't know if that has been established for certain.
Carol, yes, 50,000 units was the correct dose.....that is a replacement dose and given for a limited time, not a maintenence dose. |
|
| |
|
 Ace Ventura Pet Detective
Posts: 2411
Location: Wisconsin | This was very interesting, as i just had my levels checked during a routine physical. They were at 12.5!! So i am on the 50,000 one a week pill, as i forget to take them :) |
|
| |
|
BHW Resident Surgeon
Posts: 25352
Location: Bastrop, Texas | nettieb3 - 2014-01-02 3:53 PM This was very interesting, as i just had my levels checked during a routine physical. They were at 12.5!! So i am on the 50,000 one a week pill, as i forget to take them :)
I'm glad to hear this Nettie, because you compete at a pretty high level, and you need this. You don't ride slugs. This could make the difference between a broken pelvis or hip, versus a bad bruise for you or me. I assume you are taking calcium too? |
|
| |
|
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
Posts: 2411
Location: Wisconsin | Yes, and my doctor was with me the day i got hurt and was airlifted, with 5 displaced ribs (up to 3./4 inch apart)...wonder if i was deficient then? Maybe thats why i broke so bad. Same day i got levels back, she sent me for a bone scan that day. Im on calcium too. Said the Osteopenia was well in force! |
|
| |
|
I Need a Xanax!
Posts: 2774
| Bump...because its that time of the year! |
|
| |
|
Sock Snob
Posts: 3021
| I was low the doc never told me the number did the 50,000 units until you get the level up. I was reading that if you have a autoimmune disease youmshe take 5,000 last test i was 32 the good thing the results are online so i know but my doc has never done s serun calicum. I take nexium 40,g twice a day what other blood test do,you recommend. I do need that dose and been on that dose for over 10 years. I am 55 postmenpausal, have ra and allergic asthma, also hypothryoid. |
|
| |
|
BHW Resident Surgeon
Posts: 25352
Location: Bastrop, Texas | daisycake123 - 2014-01-13 7:01 PM I was low the doc never told me the number did the 50,000 units until you get the level up. I was reading that if you have a autoimmune disease youmshe take 5,000 last test i was 32 the good thing the results are online so i know but my doc has never done s serun calicum. I take nexium 40,g twice a day what other blood test do,you recommend. I do need that dose and been on that dose for over 10 years. I am 55 postmenpausal, have ra and allergic asthma, also hypothryoid.
At your age, you should be seen at least once a year, especially with ongoing medical problems. You should discuss screening, especially for breast cancer and colon cancer. You should also have a chemistry panel (which checks liver enzymes, kidney function, etc...) and have lipids checked, at a minimum. Nexium, and drugs like it reduces the absorbtion of Vitamin D and Calcium. If you are taking 5000 IU of Vitamin D a day, then you probably need to stay on that dose. With calcium, you can safely take 1000 mg a day, at your age. A Vit D level here (total Vit D) is normal if it is above 30, but I don't know what normal is where your lab was done. |
|
| |
|
I Need a Xanax!
Posts: 2774
| Bumping up the Vitamin D thread because its that time of year again!! Thanks so much for your advice Hotbear. |
|
| |
|
  Fact Checker
Posts: 16575
Location: Displaced Iowegian | Thanks for bumping this up. I must have missed it the first time and it really has a lot of good information....Mu husband has been taking Vitamin D per Drs. orders and I have just begun to take it daily........Thanks, Scott! |
|
| |
|
 Swiffer PIcker Upper
Posts: 4015
Location: Four Corners Colorado | Here is an at home vitamin D test kit.
https://vitamindcouncil.zrtlab.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart_product_id=54&virtuemart_category_id=11
Also make sure to balance it with vitamin K2 so it work properly.
Edited by equussynergy 2014-10-24 11:30 AM
|
|
| |
Folks on-line